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Sowing New Mustard Seeds: The Moral Question of Mountaintop Removal

By CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
Mountaintop removal is not primarily an “environmental issue,” but a moral one—a fact seldom acknowledged by those who support it. The powers that be would like the public to keep on believing that blowing up mountains is a perfectly acceptable way to get coal, and that folks who say otherwise are just left-leaning… »

Crap. Is it too late to start seedlings?

THE LAZY GARDENER

By BOBBI BUCHANAN
Chief Editor
We don’t get much sunlight where we live on account of all the trees, so I’ve learned that I have to start crops much earlier than most people. If I want to get ripe tomatoes in July instead of September, I have to sow seedlings indoors… »

Attention shoppers: You may now resume your regularly scheduled visits to big-box stores

OLD SOUTHERNER

By ANNE R. KEY
Special Contributor

If you refuse to join the green movement, then stick with me—the Old Southerner, who casts a wary eye at all this so-called sustainability stuff. I’m a straight talker, and I love writing about what pisses me off, especially when it comes to self-righteous do-gooders.

Now that… »

Tips for Shopping at a Big-Box Store

OLD SOUTHERNER
By ANNE R. KEY
Special Contributor
We all do it from time to time. Except Wendell Berry. So I’m dropping my grouchy attitude to offer this quick list for all you wanna-be sustainable greenies who secretly shop at Meijer and Super Target:

Make a shopping list. Do this ahead of time. Otherwise you’ll be hypnotized by the… »

Learning to speak

HALF-EMPTY MASON JAR
By LESLIE SMITH TOWNSEND
Contributing Editor
Satisfaction is a state of mind. When you look at a glass of water, do you see it as half empty or half full? Some of us have an immediate response. “It’s half full, of course,” declares the optimist. Others say, “It depends on my mood, the day… »

Going green may not always mean looking crazy

BABY STEPS
By KIMBERLY ANDERSON
Assistant Editor
Kimberly’s blog focuses on a single objective each month intended to help her and her readers take baby steps toward better living in the spirit of New Southerner. You can keep up with her progress by… »

Gag the Gifts

THE KITCHEN THERAPIST

By MICHELE NIESEN
I’m not cynical about the holidays. I swear. I just don’t do them.
One good thing about being a freelance writer, chef, chicken wrangler and dog biscuit maker is that I don’t have to be on everyone else’s schedule. The media blitz of “doorbusting” and 4 a.m. shopping calls after Thanksgiving has… »

Mean, green and lean for the holidays

BABY STEPS
By KIMBERLY ANDERSON
Assistant Editor
Kimberly’s blog focuses on a single objective each month intended to help her and her readers take baby steps toward better living in the spirit of New Southerner. You can keep up with her progress by… »

Do I have to compost?

THE LAZY GARDENER

By BOBBI BUCHANAN
Chief Editor
For folks who long to grow their own food without all the fuss and fancy equipment, we bring you the gardening foibles of Bobbi Buchanan. She doesn’t have the wherewithal to hoe a straight row, let alone keep her garden neat and weeded. She’s an expert at nothing, which… »

Pushcart Prize nominees announced

It’s with great pleasure that we nominate the following works from New Southerner for the Pushcart Prize:

“Annunciation” by Wanda Fries (poetry)

“My Black Dog” by Wanda Fries (poetry)

“Something in the Wash” by Angela Jackson-Brown (fiction)

“The Beauregard Group” by Leslie Whatley (fiction)

“How to Save 89 Cents” by Michele Niesen (nonfiction)

“Leanin’ Back”… »

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